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Foil 40 VRML2 -> Java3D Transition Phase (II)

From Distributed Simulation (DIS,HLA) HPCC and the Object Web Visit to ARL Aberdeen -- June 5-6 97. by Wojtek Furmanski


1 These efforts are now standardized by Java3D specification, just published by JavaSoft and partners (SGI, Intel, Apple).
2 Java3D offers OpenInventor functionality in Java and promises high performance implementations via native methods for a broad range of rendering platforms.
3 Meanwhile, DimensionX was acquired by Microsoft and LiquidReality is being integrated into Internet Explorer.
4 These developments, combined with the recent advances in the affordable high performance PC graphics hardware, indicate clearly the coming technology transition phase in the Web3D domain.

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